The Left Bank and Other Stories
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The Left Bank and Other Stories is the first collection of short stories
written by Dominica
n author Jean Rhys
. It was first published by Jonathan Cape
(London
) and Harper & Brothers
(New York
) in 1927, and contained an introduction by Ford Madox Ford
.
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
written by Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
n author Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys , born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a mid 20th-century novelist from Dominica. Educated from the age of 16 in Great Britain, she is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea , written as a "prequel" to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.-Early life:Rhys was born in Roseau, Dominica...
. It was first published by Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape was a London-based publisher founded in 1919 as "Page & Co" by Herbert Jonathan Cape , formerly a manager at Duckworth who had worked his way up from a position of bookshop errand boy. Cape brought with him the rights to cheap editions of the popular author Elinor Glyn and sales of...
(London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
) and Harper & Brothers
Harper & Brothers
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins.-History:James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley Harper and Fletcher Harper, joined them...
(New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
) in 1927, and contained an introduction by Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature...
.
Stories found in The Left Bank and Other Stories
- "Illusion"
- "A Spiritualist"
- "From A French Prison"
- "In a Café"
- "Tout Montparnasse and a Lady"
- "Mannequin"
- "In the Luxembourg Gardens"
- "Tea with an Artist"
- "Trio"
- "Mixing Cocktails"
- "Again the Antilles"
- "Hunger"
- "Discourse of a Lady Standing a Dinner to a Down-and-Out Friend"
- "A Night"
- "In the Rue de l'Arivée"
- "Learning to be a Mother"
- "The Blue Bird"
- "The Grey Day"
- "The Sidi"
- "At The Villa d'Or"
- "La Grosse Fifi"
- "Vienne"